11516363

Image Forming Apparatus, Method for Controlling Thereof, and Storage Medium

PublishedNovember 29, 2022
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InventorsNobuyasu Ito
Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
18 claims

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2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a signal is outputted by the operation of the button and the power controller does not turn off the device based on the signal during the predetermined period after the detection of the detection target by the detection unit.

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5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit includes a pyroelectric sensor.

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6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit includes an infrared ray array sensor.

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7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device is a display.

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8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display, wherein the device is a backlight of the display.

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13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit is able to detect a detection target who is to operate the information processing apparatus and is in the detecting space before the detection target operates the information processing apparatus.

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15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit is able to detect a detection target who does not operate the information processing apparatus.

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18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined period is at least a part of a period that is after the detection of the detection target by the detection unit.

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19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein that the power state of the information processing apparatus does not shift means that the power state of the information processing apparatus does not shift from a first power state to the second power state lower than the first power state.

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21. The information processing apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the power controller receives a predetermined signal output by the operation of the button but does not turn off the device based on the predetermined signal during the predetermined period after the detection of the detection target by the human sensor.

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23. The information processing apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the human sensor includes a pyroelectric sensor.

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24. The information processing apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the human sensor includes an infrared ray array sensor.

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25. The information processing apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the device is a display.

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26. The information processing apparatus according to claim 20, further comprising a display, wherein the device is a backlight of the display.

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35. The information processing apparatus according to claim 34, wherein a signal is outputted by the operation of the button and the power controller does not turn off the device based on the predetermined signal during the predetermined period after the detection of the detection target by the detection unit.

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38. The information processing apparatus according to claim 34, wherein the device is a display.

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39. The information processing apparatus according to claim 34, further comprising a display, wherein the device is a backlight of the display.

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44. The information processing apparatus according to claim 34, wherein the detection unit is able to detect a detection target who does not operate the information processing apparatus.

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Publication Date

November 29, 2022

Inventors

Nobuyasu Ito

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